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Atherina
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Entity:
Atherininae (Subfamily) - silversides
..Atherinason (Genus)
..Atherinosoma (Genus)
..Kestratherina (Genus)
..Leptatherina (Genus)
..Atherina (Genus)
....Atherina (Subgenus)
....Atherina breviceps (Species) - Cape silverside
....Atherina lopeziana (Species)
....Hepsetia (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 315.
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Types
Type of
:
Atherinea
(Superorder)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; 4 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Atherinidae
(Family)
Risso, 1827
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; 4 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Atheriniformes
(Order)
Rosen, 1964
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; 4 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Atherininae
(Subfamily)
Risso, 1827
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; [<4 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Atherinoida
(Infraorder)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; 4 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Atherinoidei
(Suborder)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 275; 4 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Atherina
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
N. Bailly et al. (comps.), 2001
: 367.
[inferred]
Type, by monotypy
:
Atherina hepsetus
Linnaeus, 1758
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21 Sep 2025